[Elecraft] OT - kits for young kids?

[Robert Friess]

Never underestimate a curious 7 year old.  One of my grandsons built a
soldering kit for a FM radio at about that age.  He had a fair amount of
supervision but learned really quickly.

Bob, N6CM

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Bill K9YEQ <k9yeq at live.com> wrote:

> Ok you are asking for it... in 1956 or about, I got a two transistor
> multi-kit, very expensive at the time for Christmas.  That was after my
> Elmer who built great stuff and was 2 years older took me under his wing.
>  I
> was ~ 11 at the time. Whatever you do, solder something and make it work!
>
> 73,
> Bill
> K9YEQ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I had one of those 200 in 1 type electronics kits that you could insert
> wires into spring coils (that are soldered to components underneath the
> board).  You can probably search Amazon for Elenco Electronic Playground
> for
> them, there's a bunch from 50 in 1 to 500 in 1 kits.  I can remember making
> very simple AM radio receivers with them when I was around 9 years old...
>
>
> 73
> ./ben
> W6MCM
>
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, ON4WIX <ON4WIX at skynet.be> wrote:
>
> > Hi group,
> >
> > So, my question to this knowledgeable group is this: are any of you
> > aware of electronics teaching kits aimed at the 7-10 yo age group? I'd
> > think these would be some sort of breadboard assembly kind of kits,
> > using spring-tension terminals to build some nifty projects like
> > sirens, chaser lights, maybe an Xtal receiver (although medium wave
> > has become rather quiet over here in EU)...
> >
> > Any hints will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > 73
> > Glenn ON4WIX
>
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